Balance. Sunshine. Ashtanga. Tequila. Handstands. Meditation. Dirty martinis. Head massages. Evolution. Energy. Good food. Feeding people. Farmers' markets. Brunch. Momofuku. Dark chocolate. Laughing. Giggling. Licking. Deep breathing. Loud music. Basslines. Dancing. Being present. Contrast. Texture. Mid-City Gardens. Muppets. Sparkles and Porno. The female body as canvas. Road trips. Exploring. Traveling. Vivid Dreaming. Changing reality. Loving. Pushing boundaries. Really living.
playmates, yoga monsters, food-lovers, meditaters, music-makers, healers, positive thinkers, creators, day dreamers, dancers (eyes-closed, of course) poets, party people, iron chefs, and anyone else who makes me purrr.
*Deep, dark, earth shaking drum'n'bass. Otherwise, smooth and soulful, with female vocals. Mmmm and raga.*Hip Hop like Living Legends, The Roots, Tribe, Brother Ali, or Eryka Badu.*Embaressing emo/pop/punk: Fallout Boy, Panic at the Disco.*Also, anything that make me wanna rip clothes off: Most of my old punk cds, the deftones, flyleaf, and autumn to ashes,(but apparently only when I've been drinking).
Everything is Illuminated, Frida, Closer, Secretary, The 25th Hour, Human Traffic, Monsoon Wedding, Tampopo, What Dreams May Come, Meet the Robinsons, Goodfellas, Scarface, Belly, (mmm tough guys), and Chasing Amy
Iron Chef, Billy and Mandy, Real Sex, Weeds, Sesame Street and Math Net from back in the day
The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Things They Carried, The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Memoirs of a Geisha, Dreaming in Cuban, Kitchen, Power vs. Force, Things Fall Apart, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Siddhartha, The Grapes of Wrath, The Celestine Prophecy (message!), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Prophet, hippie poetry by Mary Oliver, love poems by Neruda, the madness of Berryman, and the voices of women like Kim Adonizio, Adrienne Rich and Grace Paley...
Everyone who brings love into my life on the daily.